Those 15 days!

I experienced yesterday how a single line can rewind all the memories within a flash. One of my ex-Infy colleagues put his status message on FB as “For all those June 26, 2006 batch employees of Infy, congratulations on the successful completion of 5 years”.

Well, I left Infy 3 years back but there are so many things associated with me getting into Infy, that it brings back so many special memories. The summer of 2006 was one of the worst and then the best time of my life.

Worst. If there’s one thing I can say that I worked hard for in my life, that would surely be an MBA seat. So as I said, I worked very hard for all the written exams of 2005 and got interview calls from some of the elite institutes of India. But I could not convert those calls into final admission. I received bad news one after another (of me not getting into any of those colleges) in all those terrifying months of April, May and June 2006. And I did not have any choice other than to prepare once again and wait for that elusive seat. Now, the problem was that I was working in an industry where I did not want to make a career. And MBA was then the only way to get out of that industry. So, I had to start all over again for my MBA aspirations. I once said to one of my friends “Its difficult to light that flame of desire every June”.

Best. In between those working years, in that industry, I tried my hand in getting back to my industry: Software, which was actually my plan B (I’m a “qualified” software engineer, btw;)) And then I got, finally, into Infy. But to be honest, getting into Infy was only half of the reason why I still believe June 2006 to be one of the best months of my life. When I broke the news to my friends, they were happy and sad at the same time. Happy because of Infy and sad because I had to leave Pune. But then it was the best option I had at that time. I had around 15 days before joining Infy. And I must say that those 15 days are right there on top. How I wanted to spend every second with my friends and enjoy the little time I had! So from 7 in the morning to 12 in the night, I created memories that would last my lifetime.

I believe it happens with everyone that you always get, at some point in time in your life, few precious days that are permanently inscribed in your heart. But those days are special because I had those special people. They made me feel like I was on top of the world and told me things that I did not expect them to explicitly say though I knew every word they said.

It’s been 5 years since I left Pune but it still feels like all that happened yesterday only. Now, I don’t meet those special people very often (have not met few of them even once since then) but still if given a choice, I would like to relive those 15 days.

If there's any reason we should appreciate our life, then definitely its days like those and I feel that I'm the luckiest person as I got the chance to meet, befriend and spend time with those idiots. Precisely the reason why Pune is my favorite city!